Mary Dempster plays an important part in the novel as she is seen as a Saint to not only Dunny. This is evident through Mary Dempster performing a miracle to a tramp, Dunny’s quest on recognizing Mary as a Saint, and Dunny coming in terms with his psyche as Mary is concluded to be a “fool-Saint”. Throughout the novel, Fifth Business, religion is shown as a way to better oneself but also to find your true self. Religion is deeply involved in the novel as the recurring theme helps to develop the book as a whole by moving the plot, creating conflict, and developing characters, the book becomes more in depth. With the help of Padre Blazon, Dunstan was able to realize a sense of self and a sense of religion while Mary helped Joel reach those senses.
Religion can widely be seen through Dunstan Ramsay’s quest of making Mary Dempster a Saint. A psychologist, Carl Jung, believed there is a religious instinct in all human beings – an intrinsic striving towards a relationship with someone or something that transcends human power (a higher force or being).The theory mainly revolves around the idea of Individuation- discovering and accepting different sides of one self. Religion is a set of beliefs that give life sense and answers all the important questions that science is unable to provide responses to. That’s where religion comes in to help us find that control. We need something to know that someone will always look after us and guide us. As human nature forces one to believe in something bigger than itself in order to feel protected and in control. Religion plays a key role throughout the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies.
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